Another Philippine journalist was killed in a drive-by
shooting on Wednesday, bringing to at least six the total slain in the country
this year. In none of the cases have police determined whether they were killed
because of their work as journalists or for other reasons. The investigations
into the cases appear to have gone nowhere and get only brief media attention.

Bangkok, August 2, 2013--A photographer was fatally shot in his
home in southern General Santos City on Thursday, the third journalist to be
killed in the Philippines in less than a week. The Committee to Protect Journalists
calls on authorities to thoroughly investigate the murder of Mario Sy, identify
the motive in the attack, and bring the perpetrators to justice.